Hose-washer.



No. 689,060. Patented Dec. I7, 1901.

J. A. BRITTON.

H D S E WA S H E R (Application filed July 15, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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JAMES A. BRITTON, OF BETHLEHEM, PENNSYLVANIA.

HOSE-WASHER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 689,060, dated December 17, 1901.

Application filed July 15, 1901. Serial No. 68,392. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES A. BRI'rToN, of Bethlehem, in the county of Northampton and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hose-Washers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it apperta ns to make anduse the same.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in hose-washers, and is designed more particularly as an improvement upon the hose-washer for which Letters PatentNo. 615,012 were granted to me on November 29, 1898.-

It is a common experience that tire-hose while in use at a fire becomes very much soiled, because of contact with mud, charred timbers, &o., and it is the custom of the firemen after returning to their stations to unreel their hose and wash it, a process which involves considerable labor and loss of time. By reason of this fact it is imperative that the department keep an extra supply of hose on hand for use in the event of a fire while the soiled hose is being cleansed.

The object of my invention is to overcome these objections by the production of a simple and inexpensive hose-washer which can be readily carried on the hose-carriage and by means of which the hose can be thoroughly cleansed o1 Washed as it is reeled at a tire, thus necessitating but one handling-that which was made necessary by the use of the hose at the fire.

The invention will be hereinafter fully set forth, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of my improved hose-Washer. Fig. 2 is a rear end view thereof. Fig. 3 is a front end view. Fig. at is a longitudinal sectional view. Fig. 5 is a detail.

Referring to the drawings, designates a cylindrical casing open at its rear end and supported upon legs or standards 11 12, the former being shorter than the latter, whereby said casing is given an inclined posit-ion. To

the casing 10, at its forward end, is secured a head or diaphragm 13, provided with an opening 14. Leading from said opening and extending rearwardly is an approximately cone-shaped casing 15, open at both ends, the forward end of which is secured to said head or diaphragm, the rear end thereof being secured to casing 10, as indicated at 16. The rear end of casing 10 is provided with a flared flange 17, which is extended beyond the rear end of casing 10 and open at the bottom. On each side of said open portion is located a bracket 18, arranged to receive the lower journal 19 of a vertically-disposed roll 20, the upper end of which is tapered and provided with a journal 21, extending through a suitable opening in the flange 17. Just forward of the rolls 20 and journaled in flange 17 isa horizontal roll 22, which is slightly concaved.

23 designates a coupling formed on a short pipe or nipple 24, leading to thewatenchamher 25, which is formed by the space between casings 10 and 15, the latter casing being provided with a series of spirally-arranged perforations Said, perforations extend Worty-fi ve degreiiifn'n as tddimevmnwatei in a rearward direonon'again st flint-seamripasssitnr 'gfliifh, iTsZljF-T In practice after a fire my improved hosewasher is attached to a fire-hyd rant by means of a section of hose connected to the coupling 23. The water is then turned on, the hose to be washed being passed between rollers 20 22 and through the conical casing 15 from the rear to the front thereof and discharged through the opening in the diaphragm or head 13. The water passing through the perforations 26 is directedbaclnvard against the hose, thoroughly cleansing the latter as'it passes through, forcing all dirt, mud, and other foreign matter out at the rear open end of the washer. By this means the hose can be thoroughly cleansed while being reeled on the hose-carriage.

The advantages of my improved hosewasher are apparent to those skilled in the art to which it appertains, and it will be particularly observed that by means thereof the hose is thoroughly cleansed in one handling, whereby a saving of time and labor is secured.

The necessity of keeping an additional supply of hose on hand for use while the other hose is being washed is also obviated.

I claim as my invention- 1. A hose-washer comprising a cylindrical casing, a head or diaphragm secured to the forward end thereof and having a hole or opening therein, a conical casing secured to said head or diaphragm and having perforations therein, a water-chamber being formed between said casings, a flange extending from said cylindrical casing beyond the rear end of said conical casing, rollers mounted therein, and means for supplying water to said water-chamber, substantially as set forth.

2. A hose-Washer comprising a cylindrical casing, a head or diaphragm secured to the forward end thereof, and having a hole or opening therein, a conical casing secured to said head or diaphragm and having perfora tions therein, a water-chamber being formed between said casings, a flange extending from said cylindrical casing beyond the rear end of said conical casing, said flange having an open bottom, rollers mounted in said flange,

means for supplying Water to said Water-- chamber, and means for holding said cylindrical casing in aninclined position whereby the water will pass out atthe rear of said casing, substantially asset forth.

3. A hose-washer comprising a casing having a rear flange provided with an open bot.-

tom, vertical rollers journaled in said flange on opposite sides of said open bottom, a horizontal roller also jonrnaled in said flange, a head or diaphragm secured to the forward end of said casing, and having a hole or opening therein, a conical casing secured to said head or diaphragm and having perforations therein, a water-chamber being formed between said casings, and means for supplying water to said water-chamber, substantially as set forth.

4. A hose-washer comprising a casinghaving a rear flange provided with an open bottom, a head or diaphragm secured to the forward end thereof and having a hole or opening therein, a conical casing secured to said head or diaphragm and having perforations therein, said perforations extending rear- Wardly at an angle or inclination, a waterchamber being formed between said casings, means for supplying water to said waterchamber, and legs or supports for holding said casing in an inclined position, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JAMES A. BRITTON.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM J. FINK,

1E0. L. BAUM. 

